Dec. 28: Reading the tea leaves

There’s no need any more for the Mets to give Boras because the Rangers did. One team is enough. Boras won’t be intimidated by a deadline. I don’t expect Boras to cave and grab the Rangers’ offer, without first giving the Mets and the other players a chance to beat it. Given that, the Mets will have a safety net.

If Boras doesn’t bite on the Rangers, that narrows the field for the Mets. Then it’s only San Francisco and Seattle. I would worry more about the Giants because they have some flexibility with Bonds getting a lot of his salary deferred, and with Jason Schmidt and Moises Alou gone.

Plus, the Giants are a Coastal team as Zito wants, and he doesn’t have to leave home.

7/126 with an option for year 8? on a team that may not win 75 games WITH him? Holy moses, this is one screwed up offseason..thank you omar for being patient on this one…it woulda been nice to have him, but when you need more than one starter, this was not the guy to blow a seven or 8 year load on…